Fence.



No. 729,646; PATBNTED JUNE 2, 1903.

J. NUTT.

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APPLICATION FILED DBO. 12. 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 2, 1903.

JOHN MARRIS NUTT, OF GAINESVILLE, ARKANSAS.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729,646, dated June 2, 1903.

Application filed. December 12,1902. Serial No. 135,003. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MARRIS NUTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gainesville, in the county of Greene, State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and usef ul Improvements in Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap iertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to fences, and more particularly to the class of portable fences in which the panels are made and then set up where they are to be used, the object of the invention being to provide a cheap and simple construction which will be held securely in position and which will permit of erection with ease and speed.

Other objects and advantages of the inven tion will be understood from the following description.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing two connected panels of afence embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section through the adjacent uprights of two panels and including thelocking-tongue, the section being in a plane just below the perforation in the locking-tongue that receives the brace-wires.

Refering now to the drawings, there are shown two panels of a fence, each of which panels comprises upper and lower rails 5 and 6, connected to the ends of which are pairs'of uprights 7 and 8, the uprights of each pair being disposed with the rails 5 and 6 between Connected also to the rails 5 and 6 of each panel is what may be termed a stay 9, which contributes rigidity to the structure. WVhen the fence is set up, the panelsare dis posed end to end, and to holdthem rigidly together locking-tongues 11 are provided at one end of each panel and are secured rigidly against lateral displacement.

between the uprights at that end of the panel so that when the panels are brought together these locking-tongues will enter between the adjacent uprights of the next panel, the locking-tongues being sufficiently long to pro j ect beyond the latter, as illustrated. To hold the panels from falling over laterally, braces are employed, and in Fig. 1 of the drawings there is shown a brace-wire which is knotted through a perforation 11 in the free end of the uppermost locking-tongue 11, the ends 12 and 13 of the wire being taken downwardly and divergently and attached at their ends to stakes 1e and 15, respectively, which are driven into the ground. A second wire is passed through a perforation 12 in the free end of the lowermost locking-tongue 11, and its ends 15 and 16 are taken upwardly and divergently and their extremities are looped around the ends 12 and 13 of the bracewire, it being understood that the brace-wire may be bent at the points of attachment of the tie-wire, so that the stakes will act to hold both the top and the bottom of the panel through the free end portion of thelower locking-tongue beyond the spaced uprights and connected to the tie above the anchors thereof.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN MARRIS NUTT.

Witnesses MATT. THORN, J. E. GENTRY. 

